asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

family Verbenaceae, verbena family, Verbenaceae, vervain family - family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees

Avicennia marina, black mangrove - a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coast; occurs in dense thickets and has numerous short roots that bend up from the ground

Avicennia officinalis, white mangrove - a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific